So I'm about to begin road tripping the northeast...

304NordMan

304NordMan

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... mostly to look at colleges. Vermont, NH, Maine, upper NY, northern Mass, sure Connecticut wtf, just tell me about some sweet schools -- Smaller colleges that wouldn't necessarily be on my radar perhaps. I'm not set on a major yet but interests lie with journalism, photography, but all kinds of other stuff too like welding, wood working...

So yeah, I'd love some feedback, im sure there are a lot of members that are going/have gone to colleges in the northeast. Thanks!

and... god help me if this is a repost, but fuck just cut me a break and buy in 'cause this could end up being really helpful for me.
 
topic:304NordMan said:
... mostly to look at colleges. Vermont, NH, Maine, upper NY, northern Mass, sure Connecticut wtf, just tell me about some sweet schools -- Smaller colleges that wouldn't necessarily be on my radar perhaps. I'm not set on a major yet but interests lie with journalism, photography, but all kinds of other stuff too like welding, wood working...

So yeah, I'd love some feedback, im sure there are a lot of members that are going/have gone to colleges in the northeast. Thanks!

and... god help me if this is a repost, but fuck just cut me a break and buy in 'cause this could end up being really helpful for me.
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By State. You said nothing small which will limit you to mostly large state schools

CT:

UConn

MA:

UMass

Northeastern

BU

BC

NH

UNH

VT

UVM

St. Mikes-Apparently decent journalism? Not sure.

Champlain-Decent Photography possibly

Dartmouth

Maine

UMaine

NY:

SUNY Schools
 
If you don't know what you want to major in I'd recommend a larger school where you'll have a lot more options as far as majors go. I went to UConn, and they have a great journalism program since you listed that as an interest. It's two hours from good skiing at Mount Snow in VT.

Some other good schools that are smaller would be Northeastern in Boston (more mid size), Middlebury is a good school. There's also St. Mikes and Champlain College in VT. I don't know what your academics are but Green Mountain College is another small school in VT to consider that isn't very difficult to get into.
 
13062235:spaceghostpurp said:
he never said nothing small....
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God damn it.

I read it as nothing small.

Small Schools:

CT:

Trinity

Conn

Quinnipiac

MA-Boston has a ton of Art Schools

Amherst

Williams

Babson

ME

Colby

Bates
 
Hell yeah this has been super helpful! Between this and other searching I've come up with this list of schools (not gonna visit them all but they're of interest)

Bard, NY

Bates, ME

Bennington, VT

Castleton State College, VT

Colby, ME

College of the Atlantic, ME (this place looks awesome)

Dartmouth, NH

Green Mountain College, VT (also looks awesome)

Johnson State College, VT

Marlboro, VT

Mass. College of Liberal Arts

Middlebury

Plymouth State, NH

SUNY College at Plattsburg, NY

Unity College, ME

University of Maine

U of Maine in Augusta

University of Vermont (like it a lot)

Anybody been to any of these? thanks guys
 
13062259:304NordMan said:
Hell yeah this has been super helpful! Between this and other searching I've come up with this list of schools (not gonna visit them all but they're of interest)

Bard, NY

Bates, ME

Bennington, VT

Castleton State College, VT

Colby, ME

College of the Atlantic, ME (this place looks awesome)

Dartmouth, NH

Green Mountain College, VT (also looks awesome)

Johnson State College, VT

Marlboro, VT

Mass. College of Liberal Arts

Middlebury

Plymouth State, NH

SUNY College at Plattsburg, NY

Unity College, ME

University of Maine

U of Maine in Augusta

University of Vermont (like it a lot)

Anybody been to any of these? thanks guys
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I visited Bates, Colby, Dartmouth, Midd, and Bowdoin (check it out) and went to HS up the road from Plymouth. I, along with a lot of others here, attend UVM.

You can visit Bates, Colby, and Bowdoin all in one swoop. They are great schools, I loved them
 
me and some people off of here are going to U Rhode Island. Decently sized and an hour away from wachusett. UVM has great skiing and is good for medicine. I'm from mass so I know about mostly all the schools in Boston. Northeastern, BC, BU are very hard to get into. UMASS amherst isnt too bad but it's fucking huge. Uconn is big as well, somewhat hard to get into. St. Mikes in vt is tiny.
 
topic:304NordMan said:
... mostly to look at colleges. Vermont, NH, Maine, upper NY, northern Mass, sure Connecticut wtf, just tell me about some sweet schools -- Smaller colleges that wouldn't necessarily be on my radar perhaps. I'm not set on a major yet but interests lie with journalism, photography, but all kinds of other stuff too like welding, wood working...

So yeah, I'd love some feedback, im sure there are a lot of members that are going/have gone to colleges in the northeast. Thanks!

and... god help me if this is a repost, but fuck just cut me a break and buy in 'cause this could end up being really helpful for me.
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bunker hill community college, its just outside of boston
 
Any idea of potential majors or areas of focus? Makes a huge difference depending on where you go. NE has some of the best schools in the world. If I could do it all over again I would go to middle bury. Right by aamzing skiing and in vermont. Plus top quality education
 
I went to St. Michael's and graduated with a degree in journalism. Guess I am biased, but I thought it was a great program. Knowledgable profs, most of whom are still working journalists themselves, that made sure the curriculum was modern and challenging. SMC is a small school and it's not for everyone, but check it out, especially if you are interested in communications/digital arts. Plus you get a ridiculously cheap smuggs pass, within an hour of Stowe, and there's 2 rail jams on campus during the winter.
 
13062259:304NordMan said:
Hell yeah this has been super helpful! Between this and other searching I've come up with this list of schools (not gonna visit them all but they're of interest)

Bard, NY

Bates, ME

Bennington, VT

Castleton State College, VT

Colby, ME

College of the Atlantic, ME (this place looks awesome)

Dartmouth, NH

Green Mountain College, VT (also looks awesome)

Johnson State College, VT

Marlboro, VT

Mass. College of Liberal Arts

Middlebury

Plymouth State, NH

SUNY College at Plattsburg, NY

Unity College, ME

University of Maine

U of Maine in Augusta

University of Vermont (like it a lot)

Anybody been to any of these? thanks guys
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Lol at Middlebury. Unless you got 65k to spend a year I would stay away from them.

I go to Plymouth, good party and skiing school, probably sub-par academics.

I heard Castleton is the Plymouth of Vermont but less fun.

I got into UVM but prices are steep, Burlington is a fucking awesome "city" though so any school there would be sick(and you can visit all of them).

I really depends, are you going for an above average education? Because most of those schools can facilitate that, the drawback is there is a VERY limited social life. If you want more of a social aspect, a few of those schools will do it for you.
 
13062693:Cirillo said:
SUNY schools are awesome if you live in NY, which according to your profile you don't. I'd skip them if I were you.
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What no way. The only SUNY's worthwhile going to are albany, buffalo, oneonta, binghamtpon, geneseo. The rest are pretty horrible schools. Harder to get into because of the recession / tuition prices but vast majority don't compete with other large stat schools. The on campus recruiting for suny at least from business standpoint is horrendous.
 
13062259:304NordMan said:
Hell yeah this has been super helpful! Between this and other searching I've come up with this list of schools (not gonna visit them all but they're of interest)

Bard, NY

Bates, ME

Bennington, VT

Castleton State College, VT

Colby, ME

College of the Atlantic, ME (this place looks awesome)

Dartmouth, NH

Green Mountain College, VT (also looks awesome)

Johnson State College, VT

Marlboro, VT

Mass. College of Liberal Arts

Middlebury

Plymouth State, NH

SUNY College at Plattsburg, NY

Unity College, ME

University of Maine

U of Maine in Augusta

University of Vermont (like it a lot)

Anybody been to any of these? thanks guys
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If you end up going to SUNY Plattaburgh, you can get a good discounnt on a pass to Whiteface, which can get you access to two rasorts, or three depending on what pass you get.
 
13062259:304NordMan said:
Hell yeah this has been super helpful! Between this and other searching I've come up with this list of schools (not gonna visit them all but they're of interest)

Bard, NY

Bates, ME

Bennington, VT

Castleton State College, VT

Colby, ME

College of the Atlantic, ME (this place looks awesome)

Dartmouth, NH

Green Mountain College, VT (also looks awesome)

Johnson State College, VT

Marlboro, VT

Mass. College of Liberal Arts

Middlebury

Plymouth State, NH

SUNY College at Plattsburg, NY

Unity College, ME

University of Maine

U of Maine in Augusta

University of Vermont (like it a lot)

Anybody been to any of these? thanks guys
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That's a great list of schools but it is so outlandishly diverse. If you have the grades and $$ to go Colby, Dartmouth, or Middlebury there is no point in considering anything else on that list.
 
13063191:NotoriousT.S.E said:
That's a great list of schools but it is so outlandishly diverse. If you have the grades and $$ to go Colby, Dartmouth, or Middlebury there is no point in considering anything else on that list.
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Yep. I'd also include Bowdoin, but for the most part these 4 are the only ones really worth visiting. Bates too if you have extra time, but it's in a pretty shitty town and is about the same quality education as the others, just without the nice college atmosphere.
 
please consider the price of college before going fully into it! especially if you're going to major in welding, woodworking, photography, or even journalism because the first three are easily self-taught/trades school and journalism is a rather tough market. While those are awesome things to study, a good bit of the schools you listed now cost over 60k a year (240k college career!) and probably 95% of people who graduate with those majors aren't making 60k a year.

there are ways to reduce tuition, but unfortunately, like many liberal arts graduates, you'll be in debt forever. College is an awesome experience in so many ways, but make sure you're in it for the right reasons, economically and intellectually. I took a year off and recommend it to everyone; maybe give it a try to be sure if college is right for you.
 
13062259:304NordMan said:
Hell yeah this has been super helpful! Between this and other searching I've come up with this list of schools (not gonna visit them all but they're of interest)

Bard, NY

Bates, ME

Bennington, VT

Castleton State College, VT

Colby, ME

College of the Atlantic, ME (this place looks awesome)

Dartmouth, NH

Green Mountain College, VT (also looks awesome)

Johnson State College, VT

Marlboro, VT

Mass. College of Liberal Arts

Middlebury

Plymouth State, NH

SUNY College at Plattsburg, NY

Unity College, ME

University of Maine

U of Maine in Augusta

University of Vermont (like it a lot)

Anybody been to any of these? thanks guys
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How did you come up with this list? Dartmouth and Middlebury are certainly miles away academically from Platsburgh and even more away from Plymouth State. You have everything from Ivy's to shit in state schools.
 
13062693:Cirillo said:
SUNY schools are awesome if you live in NY, which according to your profile you don't. I'd skip them if I were you.
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In state and out of state tuition costs are very comparable for SUNY
 
13062680:sugarloaf said:
I went to St. Michael's and graduated with a degree in journalism. Guess I am biased, but I thought it was a great program. Knowledgable profs, most of whom are still working journalists themselves, that made sure the curriculum was modern and challenging. SMC is a small school and it's not for everyone, but check it out, especially if you are interested in communications/digital arts. Plus you get a ridiculously cheap smuggs pass, within an hour of Stowe, and there's 2 rail jams on campus during the winter.
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St. Mikes is a great school and applied/got in. Only issue is that I went to a small catholic high school and I really didn't feel like going through that experience all over again.
 
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